Method of manufacturing a stack of spaced lites
US6773777B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31645
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure relates to the manufacture of lites (glass sheets) which have at least a pair of thin spacers applied thereto which maintain the lites in spaced relationship when stacked upon pallets, wrapped and shipped. The spacers are preferably only partially adhered to the lites, either by weak bonding adhesive or electrostatically, and can be readily removed during end-use applications. The spacers are applied automatically during production runs of the lites, and the spacers are applied from above or from below relative to the path of travel of the lites.
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